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Popelote
A word variously explained as ldquoa little puppetrdquo ldquoa little dollrdquo or ldquoa young butterflyrdquo Cf Popet
plate tectonics
and in some cases being submerged subducted one below the other This theory is now widely accepted and explains many geological phenomena such as the clustered locations of earthquakes mountain building volcanism and the similarities observed between
Photology
The doctrine or science of light explaining its nature and phenomena optics
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Philosophy
Literally the love of inducing the search after wisdom in actual usage the knowledge of phenomena as explained by and resolved into causes and reasons powers and laws
Perigenesis
A theory which explains inheritance by the transmission of the type of growth force possessed by one generation to another
parapsychology
The field of study concerned with psychological phenomena not explainable by the laws of physics especially extrasensory perception telepathy psychokinesis precognition and clairvoyance
Paraphrastic
Paraphrasing of the nature of paraphrase explaining or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author not literal free
palaetiology
The science which explains by the law of causation the past condition and changes of the earth the explanation of past events
Ontology
That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings as such or the principles and causes of
Neo Darwinism
The theory which holds natural selection as explained by Darwin to be the chief factor in the evolution of plants and animals and denies the inheritance
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